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UB led by just 9-7 late in the first half when quarterback Mark Taylor hit junior flanker Jamie Gasparre for a 24-yard TD strike on 4th-and-2 with :20 remaining in the half. That score was set up by a 39-yard interception return by senior defensive back Bill Tipton.

The Bulls took control of the game as the Taylor-Gasparre connection struck again after Colgate had cut the UB lead to 16-10. Taylor hit Gasparre on a 70-yard strike to put the Bulls in control to stay. Fullback Todd Pace added two touchdowns while junior tailback Anthony Swan had 117 yards on 19 carries offensively.

Gasparre led the Bulls with 140 yards on just five catches, an average of 28 yards per reception. Defensively Craig Guest led the way with 10 tackles to become just the second player in UB history to record 350 tackles in a career. The all-time leader is former teammate Pete Conley who had 376. Steve McDuffie forced two fumbles and Dan Poulsen had a pair of recoveries.

The Bulls special teams came through all during the game as Tipton blocked a field goal, senior Mike Chichester blocked his second punt of the season setting up a Pace touchdown, and senior kicker Gerald Carlson booted three field goals and averaged 48 yards per punt.

Tipton earned national honors over the weekend winning NCAA Division I-AA Independent Defensive Player of the Week award. It was the second time in three weeks that a UB defender has earned the honor. Chichester took the award in the season's opening week for his play against Illinois State. Taylor matched his career-high in passing by connecting on 16-of-26 passes for 218 yards.

The Bulls hit the road again for a contest at Lehigh on Saturday. Kickoff is 1 p.m.

ROYALS, BULLS ROLL TO CROSS COUNTRY WINS
The University at Buffalo's men's and women's cross country teams, racked up the wins Saturday afternoon at Akron Falls Park taking the UB Invitational Meet.

The Royals, Mid-Continent Conference champions, scored 21 points en route to taking the team title. Western Ontario was second with 54, followed by St. Bonaventure (66), Niagara (101) and Fanshawe College (148). The Bulls also swept past the competition scoring 17 points to outdistance Western Ontario's 52. St. Bonaventure was third with 70 followed by Niagara (117) and Fanshawe (118).

The meet was also scored as a dual meet for all teams and the other opponents. UB's women defeated Western Ontario 19-44, St. Bonaventure 17-46, and Fanshawe and Niagara by identical 15-50 margins.

On the men's side, UB rolled to four dual wins over Western Ontario (17-43), St. Bonaventure (15-48), Niagara (15-50) and Fanshawe (15-50).

Individually, Stacey Strothmann breezed to her second win this season finishing the 5K course in 18:30 while Gretchen Welch and Marie Macander were third and fourth respectively in 19:11 and 19:23. UB's women, now 6-0 in dual meets, placed 10 of the top 12 runners.

Chris Keenan led four Bulls to the top four spots in the men's race completing the 8K course in 26:17. Patrick Nolan at 26:22, Chris Bossert at 26:41 and Dan McSherry at 27:10 rounded out the top four for the Bulls. UB's men are now 4-1 in dual meets.

Both teams will be in action again next Saturday when they travel for the Western Ontario Invitational.

WOMEN'S SOCCER
Coach Jean-A. Tassy's Royals are 2-2-1 following their 1-1 tie at Western Michigan on Saturday.

Western Michigan opened the scoring in the first half on a goal by Shelley Mayer and took a 1-0 lead into halftime. The Royals rallied for the tying goal as senior Lori Perillo scored at the 70:02 of the match. It was Perillo's sixth goal of the season to lead the Royals in scoring. Perillo is on pace to shatter her season high of 10, set in both her sophomore and junior seasons. She also has 34 career goals and has scored in four of the Royals' five games this season.

VOLLEYBALL
UB's women's volleyball squad went 2-3 during the week to even their 1996 record at 5-5. UB downed Niagara in three games, 15-12, 15-6, 15-11 as Candi Sims led the team with six kills and six blocks. Julia Eisenbach tallied 16 digs to lead the defense.

The Royals then traveled to the Golden Flash Classic where they lost to host Kent State 15-12, 15-10, 15-2. Sims led the way with eight kills. Later that evening, the Royals lost a heartbreaking five-game match against Indiana State after leading the Sycamores 2-0. Indiana State took the deciding fifth game by an 18-16 margin to win the match. Again Sims led the way with 14 kills with four others-Amy Burda, Kathy Brinkworth, Aprille Sweeting and Corinn Hirst-each totaling double figure kills. Freshman setter Somer Deschambault had 44 assists in the marathon.

On Saturday, the Royals rallied to defeat Coastal Carolina in five games after winning the first two and losing the next two. Sims had 15 kills and a .438 hitting percentage to go with her 11 digs. Brinkworth registered 11 kills and five blocks and Deschambault added 36 assists. UB then closed out the tournament with a three-game loss to Eastern Kentucky.

For her play during the weekend, Sims was named to the All-Tournament team. During the week, the Royals' captain had 46 kills and a .274 hitting percentage.

MEN'S TENNIS
The Bulls went 2-1 on the week, defeating local rivals Niagara and Canisius by identical 7-0 scores at home and falling to Duquesne 5-2 in an exciting match that took over seven hours to play in Pittsburgh.

In the three matches, Mike Minter, playing number one singles breezed to straight set wins over his opponents. The transfer from Lander College in South Carolina downed Duquesne's Tom Kirk 7-6, 6-1 for the Bulls' lone singles win on Sunday. Teaming with doubles partner Mike Proulx, they took an exciting 9-8 win over Duquesne's Kirk and Walt Willoughby winning the tiebreaker 8-6. Minter and Proulx are 4-0 at number one doubles.

WOMEN'S TENNIS
UB's women's tennis team is off to a strong 2-1 start winning two straight matches last week. The Royals, under first year coach Kathy Twist, defeated Niagara 7-0 and Canisius 4-3 at the University Tennis Center.

In the win over Canisius, UB picked up three-set victories from number two Stacey Gargan and number three Annulett Dillon. Gargan rallied from a set down to defeat Robin Ricchio 4-6, 7-6, 7-6 to pace the Royals. Both Gargan and Dillon are 2-1 in singles play this season as is Darcy Wheeler, who has seen action at both four and five thus far.

MEN'S SOCCER
UB fell to 0-4-1 after losing to Niagara 1-0 and playing Cleveland State, one of the favorites to win the Midwest Collegiate Conference, to a scoreless tie, on the road last week.

Head coach John Astudillo remarked that several of his players have had to move to new positions. Senior Joe Mercik and sophomore Brian Cruickshank highlighted UB's defense against Cleveland State. The duo was responsible in keeping the Vikings' top players away from the net in the match. Goalkeeper Jim Schoenberg stopped 13 shots, recording several quality saves in 120 minutes of work. The Bulls had a couple of chances of breaking the deadlock late in the first overtime but were unable to put it away and had to settle for the scoreless tie.

UB is back in action this week when they travel to Canisius on Wednesday and Siena on Saturday.

-Ted Wasko, Sports Information Office